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Astonishing NASA time lapse video from the International Space Station

Sunday, Nov 13, 2011 - by mike s

I’ve been totally blown away by this astonishing time lapse video taken from the International Space Station.

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computing

HRP-4C – all-singing hottie humanoid robot now walks like a lady

Friday, Nov 11, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher - 2 Comments.

Even the most sophisticated humanoid robots tend to walk like Ken Barlow after ten pints and a nosebag of ketamine, but the super-Realistic HRP-4C robot from Japan now manages an astonishingly life-like …

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Apple / iPhone / mobiles

Apple iOS 5.0.1 released to fix fast draining battery bug, not everyone happy

Thursday, Nov 10, 2011Thursday, Nov 10, 2011 - by mike s

Not long after Apple released the latest version of its mobile operating system, iOS 5, online forums swiftly filled with complaints from iPhone users suffering poor battery life.

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Android / computing / portable

Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime tablet packs immense quad-core power

Wednesday, Nov 9, 2011Wednesday, Nov 9, 2011 - by Pete Railton

The hugely powerful Eee Pad Transformer Prime is readying itself for release, packing a beefy, ‘blazing fast’ quad-core Tegra mobile chip and a sleek add-on keyboard which turns it into …

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Blackberry / mobiles / video

Surprisingly amusing AT&T Blackberry Torch video promo goes viral

Wednesday, Nov 9, 2011Wednesday, Nov 9, 2011 - by Lee J.

We don’t usually associate AT&T and Blackberry with the concepts of ‘fun’ and ‘amusing promos,’ but their new video for the Blackberry Torch smartphone actually managed to raise a smile in the …

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Android / computing / portable

Panasonic’s new Toughpad A1 and B1 can beat up your tablet

Tuesday, Nov 8, 2011Tuesday, Nov 8, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

Ready and willing to take your weedy iPad around the back of the bike sheds to give it a good duffing up are Panasonic’s new mean Toughbook Android tablets, the 10-inch …

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Android / computing / portable

Barnes & Noble takes on the Kindle Fire with the Nook Tablet with streaming HD movies

Monday, Nov 7, 2011Monday, Nov 7, 2011 - by Lee J. - 1 Comment

There’s just about zero chance of this making it to the UK, but in the States the budget tablet wars have just heated up with the announcement of the new …

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software / web

Mozilla rolls out Firefox 8, installation immediately reminds us why we prefer Chrome

Monday, Nov 7, 2011Monday, Nov 7, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher - 2 Comments.

Although it’s scheduled for an official release tomorrow, Mozilla’s new web browser, Firefox 8 is currently sitting on their servers and awaiting your downloading pleasure right now.

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computing / Microsoft / software

Where are the multiplication and divide symbols in Windows 7 calculator?

Saturday, Nov 5, 2011Saturday, Nov 5, 2011 - by mike s - 8 Comments.

This annoyed us for ages – we felt quite stupid for not working it out – but to be fair, the solution isn’t exactly blindingly obvious.

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video

UK filmmakers! Ridley Scott and Britain In A Day wants your movie clips

Thursday, Nov 3, 2011Thursday, Nov 3, 2011 - by Lee J.

Billed as “Britain in a Day. Four nations. 24 hours. 61 million perspectives,” YouTube’s latest project aims to capture 24 hours of us Brits doing our thing.

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Google / iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles

Google throws up a Gmail app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch – cock ups follow

Wednesday, Nov 2, 2011Wednesday, Nov 2, 2011 - by Pete Railton

It’s been a long time coming, but Google has taken the wraps off their new dedicated Gmail app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

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Google / stuff

Google Street View invites users to take a walk in the park

Wednesday, Nov 2, 2011Wednesday, Nov 2, 2011 - by mike s

The Google Street View team has been busy, with the pedals on the Street View trike powering the cameras across the 22 different countries to snap some of the world’s most beautiful …

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computing

PETMAN humanoid robot scares the bejesus out of us

Tuesday, Nov 1, 2011 - by mike s

Taking us a few robo-steps closer to a real robot future is PETMAN, an anthropomorphic robot developed by Boston Dynamics for testing special clothing used by the US Army.

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Google / video

The incredible Life In A Day movie now available to watch, right here

Monday, Oct 31, 2011Monday, Oct 31, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

Billed as a “historic film capturing for future generations what it was like to be alive on the 24th of July, 2010,”  Life In A Day is a 90 minute …

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Android / Apple / Blackberry / iPhone / mobiles / Symbian / Windows Mobile

Brits go crazy for Android as iPhone market share crashes

Monday, Oct 31, 2011Monday, Oct 31, 2011 - by Pete Railton

New research has revealed that the UK is feeling the Google Android love, with the OS running on over half of all smartphones sold – a hefty 100% increase in …

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